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Documenting Sources
Guidelines for Writing Research Papers in the APA Style (Genesee Valley Writing Center)
This comprehensive overview shows how to use the American Psychological Association style guide to format and document a research paper. Includes detailed instructions and examples of common resources (books, articles, etc.) as documented in-text citations and the works cited page.
Guidelines for Writing Research Papers in the MLA Style (Genesee Valley Writing Center)
This comprehensive overview shows how to use the Modern Language Association style guide to format and document a research paper. Includes detailed instructions and examples of common resources (books, articles, etc.) as documented in-text citations and the works cited page.
Research Room: Documenting Sources (Writer's Complex)
This is a comprehensive page of links to readings and exercises addressing proper documentation of others' work and ideas when writing a research paper. Topics covered include: academic integrity and the need to document sources, what sources must be documented, the major bibliographic styles used in different subject disciplines, and instructions on how to format sources.
Research Room: Documenting Sources Explanation (Writer's Complex)
These readings explain the role of proper documentation within the context of academic discourse and provides tips on what to document within a research paper.
Research Room: Documentation Formats (Writer's Complex)
Learn about the proper use of the major bibliographic formats: APA, MLA and Turabian. Readings cover formats typically used by different subject disciplines, guidelines for documenting sources both within and at the end of a research paper, and tips on documenting electronic sources.
The Research Paper (Genesee Valley Writing Center)
This is an extensive guide to undertaking a research paper. Topics include: the purpose of a research paper, techniques for selecting and narrowing the topic, using the library for research, taking notes, writing the thesis statement, writing the first draft, documenting sources and plagiarism, and the revision process.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism and How to Avoid It (Genesee Valley Writing Center)
This reading outlines the college's policy and offers specific hints on how to avoid plagiarism.
Online Resources
Researching On-line (Genesee Valley Writer Center)
This guide lists suggestions for beginning the research process, It includes library resources in the Genesee Valley area, online college library catalogs, and research database resources, research web sites, links to help with bibliographic styles and documentation, news sites, English as a second language resources, and hints for refining search strategies.